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Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid: first official photos

By Ben Whitworth First Official Pictures 16 September 2008 15:08 This is the first official photograph of the new Chevrolet Volt – GM's landmark petrol-electric plug-in hybrid car, unveiled today to mark the General's centenary. CAR Online dropped into the centenary event and has the full photographs and details of the Chevy Volt and the other announcements made today. New Chevrolet Volt: is it the car to save GM?Amid an orchestrated flurry of congratulatory backslapping, GM pulled the wraps off the production version of its Volt – the car and technology tasked with hauling the General back from the brink of financial collapse.It's a landmark car for GM – and one of the first cars to evolve hybrids to be revealed in production spec.

GM to halt medium-duty truck production

Production of the Chevrolet Kodiak and the GMC Topkick medium-duty trucks will cease by July 31, General Motors said Monday. GM has spent four years searching for potential buyers for the truck business, but has decided to wind down its medium-duty truck operations. In 2007, Navistar International Corp.

Caterham plans to expand lineup under new owner, report says

Caterham Cars is growing its sports-car lineup, fueled by new owner Tony Fernandes, according to the Web site of U.K. car magazine Autocar. Fernandes's Team Lotus Enterprise, which owns the Team Lotus Formula One team, also plans to introduce the existing Caterham Seven and SP.300/R models to new markets.